Anti-Abortion Crisis Pregnancy Centers Must Reveal If They Have Doctors On Staff, Appeals Court

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Anti-Abortion Crisis Pregnancy Centers Must Reveal If They Have Doctors On Staff, Appeals Court Confirms

By Anna Merlan


Chris Slatter, Expectant Mother Care founder and president, pictured in his office chapel

New York City has been fighting a long-running battle with anti-abortion crisis pregnancy centers, and today that fight advanced forward another inch. The city wants those CPCs to disclose to their clients that they're not medical facilities, that they don't have doctors on staff, that they don't offer abortions or abortion referrals, and that the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene suggests that if you're pregnant, or think you might be, you should really see a licensed healthcare provider. In 2011, the New York City Council passed a law requiring CPCs to do all those things. As you might expect, it quickly got messy, legally speaking.

Expectant Mother Care, the crisis pregnancy center chain with 12 locations across New York City, joined by two other crisis pregnancy centers, argued the city's law violated their rights to freedom of speech and religion. A federal judge agreed and struck down that law, and so the case proceeded to an appeals court

http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2014/01/anti-abortion_crisis_pregnancy_center_lawsuit_chris_slattery_evergreen_association_new_york.php

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1. What is wrong with any kind of Pregnancy Centers having Doctors On Staff?

Or do the fanatics only want the reality based women's health clinics to be regulated and theirs free from oversight and access to proper treatment limited to what their religion allows?

Well, we already know the answer to that, don't we?

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2. We know the answer.